Hydraulic-compression power central heating system and method

Abstract

This is a system that converts an energy input, preferably a renewable source generated thrust of a shaft, to useable thermal energy for an efficient non-combustion based central heating system with cogeneration capability. System enables the force applied by the shaft to be multiplied through a Pascal hydraulic link between a small piston and the large piston. The large piston compresses the gas. A static oil thermal stabilization volume facilitates thermal equilibrium condition with the working gas, where heat conduction is established between the gas compressed by the large piston and through the medium of static oil volume, and steam is used to heat residential and/or commercial buildings. After a pre-determined time, the thrust of the shaft is reversed ending a cycle. A non-combustion, hydraulic power generated compression based central heating and cogeneration system is presented as what is new in the art.

1 . An energy conversion system for use by the thrust of a steel shaft that is periodically activated by an energy source coupled to an electro-mechanical means, to convert the mechanic force of the thrust provided by the steel shaft into usable thermal energy comprising: 
 a. a steel shaft of linear motion-thrust that provides sudden thrusts on a periodic basis in order to move a first piston.    b. a first cylinder with a first working chamber located between a first piston and a top section of the first cylinder.    c. a second cylinder with a second working chamber located between second piston and a top section of the second cylinder.    d. wherein said second cylinder and second piston are of a predetermined diameter size larger than the said first cylinder and said;    e. first piston, and bottom section of said first cylinder is connected to a bottom section of said cylinder via a hydraulic link;    f. a steel shaft to push and reposition the top section of said first piston within the first working chamber.    g. an electro-mechanic means that provides the thrust motion to the said steel shaft and the said electro-mechanic means that re-positions the said first piston back to its pre-thrust position.    h. wherein said electro-mechanic motion means with a slower regulated motion re-positions the said first piston back to the initial pre-thrust position.    i. a direct heat exchange medium from the compressed-heated gas volume, made of a U shaped concave copper metal interface that is in communication with said static oil volume inside said heat exchanger.    j. a spiral fluid-working gas pipe circulation section within said static oil volume.    k. a booster pump for circulating the working fluid within the spiral pipe section, within the said static oil volume and throughout the closed cycle working gas circulation system.    l. a double path bypass pipe and two valves that provide flexibility of steam distribution between the steam turbine for power generation and central heating closed cycle circulation pipe flow;    m. one side of the closed topping cycle pipe that transfers the superheated steam generated to a steam turbine of non-condensing type;    o. at least one flow-meter and temperature sensor and transmitter to calculate energy used at each building and/or at each section of the buildings.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , where in said energy source coupled to said electro-mechanical means is a renewable energy source.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the said heat exchanger comprises of spiral pipes surrounded by a static oil volume.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 3 , further comprising a heat conduction concave copper metal interface conduction means, in communication with said thermal stabilization oil volume, adjacent and in heat transfer contact with said oil volume.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the said predetermined diameter of large area piston size, is four times larger.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said hydraulic link comprises of a hydraulic oil.  
   
   
       7 . A method of generating thermal energy from the regularly repeatable mechanical thrusts of a shaft comprising the steps of: 
 connecting second side of a small diameter piston/cylinder combination via hydraulic link to a second side of a larger diameter piston/cylinder combination;    adiabatically compressing a gas on a first side of said large diameter piston/cylinder combination by placing a first side of said small diameter piston/cylinder combination in communication with a means for exerting force thereon by the electro-mechanically moved shaft;    conducting heat from said heated gas into a static oil volume by using the concave heat conduction surface area, in order to establish a thermal stabilization oil volume; and,    circulating said steam pipes within said static oil volume and transferring said high pressure steam first in a topping cycle through a steam turbine and then through a closed cycle working gas pipe line that is connected to radiators, with the flexibility and option to allocate more steam power for the power generation turbine(s) or for the central-district heating circulation, or to establish an optimal balance between power generation and heating needs based on the site-specific needs.    
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein said large diameter piston/cylinder combination is four times the diameter of said smaller piston/cylinder combination.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprises filling said hydraulic link with a hydraulic oil.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising the step of being in direct communication with the thermal conductivity copper concave interface that conducts heat to a thermal stability oil area in communication with said compressed-heated gas and in heat transfer contact with said heat exchange gas compression volume.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the step of placing said small diameter/piston cylinder combination in communication with a shaft thrust further comprises using the said steel shaft to provide thrust on the first small diameter/piston cylinder combination, by an electro-mechanical thrusting means.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the step of reversing the motion of the thrust of the shaft that is connected to the first side of the small diameter/piston cylinder combination, by changing the direction of the electro-mechanic motion means.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising the step of completing a cycle by re-positioning the first side of the small diameter/piston cylinder combination using the slower and controlled reversal of the electro-mechanic motion of the said shaft.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising the step of repeating the thrust of said shaft by moving the steel shaft with electro-mechanic means again to push the first side small diameter/piston cylinder combination in direct connection with said steel shaft.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising the step of repeating the cycle at a predetermined time interval at base load operation.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising the step of repeating the cycle at base load operation condition is every 15 minutes.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising the step of repeating the thrust based on the static thermal stability oil volume temperature, that is able to adjust the frequency, based on the temperature and pressure readouts, where determination of proper frequency of repeating the compression-decompression cycle is made possible with a fully computerized control.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the step of conducting heat from said compressed gas at the range of 550-600 C into the thermal stability static oil volume, increases the temperature range of the said temperature stability oil volume, to the temperature range of 450-500 C, only after four repeated compressions.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the step of adiabatic compression of a gas on a second side of said large diameter/piston cylinder combination, further comprises compressing the gas to 1/17 of its initial volume.